Barb-wire-reel support.



C. A. BEAUJON.

BARB WIRE REEL SUPPORT.

APPLIUATION FILED Amm, 1914.

CZWZJ-.fw/u//b A ToR/VEYS THE MORRIS PETERS C0.. FHDTO-LITHO., WASHINGTON. DA C.

UNITED srarnsl Parana oracion.

CHARLns AUGUSTUS BnAUJoN, or Canaan, CONNECTICUT.

BARB-WIRE-REEL SUPPGRI.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES A. BEAUJON,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Canaan, in the county of Litchfield and State o'f Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Barb-l/Jire-Reel Support, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

#This invention relates' to fences and has particular reference to means for manipulating barb wire or the like in connection with spools.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide a reel support for use in connection with a spool of barb wire, the'reel support including a memberextending through the aXis of the spool and provided at each kend with al sleeve whereby such end may be supported by an operator or otherwise while the shaft isfree to rotate with the spool.

A further object of the invention is to provide a shaft adapted to project through the spool and clamping devices cooperating with the shaft and bearing against the opposite ends of the spool, clamping the' spool to the shaft and also including a crank or the like for rotating the shaft while the supports therefor may be held stationary.

' A still further object of the invention is to provide a support for the purpose indicated which is adapted to be used in conne@ tion with metal reels, means being provided to maintain the supporting shaft properly centered in the reel.

The foregoing and other objects of the in vention will hereinafter be more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the drawings forming a part of this specifica-y tion in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section showing my improvement in connection with a metal reel; Fig. 2 is an end view looking in the direction of the arrow 2; Fig. Bris an end view looking in the direction of the arrow 3; and Fig. 4 is a detail of one of the clamping blocks described below.

The several parts of the device may be made of any suitable materials, and the relative sizes and proportions, as well as the general design of the mechanism, may be varied to a considerable extent without departing from the spirit of thev invention Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented nee. i, 1era.

Application filed April 9, 1914. Serial No. 830,63

hereinafter more fully rset forth and lspecifically claimed. l

Referring more particularly to the drawings I show at 10 a shaft of sufiicient length signed to be held by the operator yin one hand, and while being so held said operator may rotate the shaft by means of a crank 12 secured at the end at13. At the opposite end of the sleeve 14 will be understood to be held by the other operator. and` is rotatably mounted permanently upon the shaft Vby means of a fastening device 15.

At .16 is shown an enlargement of any suitable character, either as a continuous tube or as means at the ends ofthe sleeves 1,1 and 14 and serving to constitute points of contact for the reel R or its bearing blocks. The enlargement is shown preferably inthe form of a sleeve which is long enough to project entirely through the reel', and hence provides the necessary 'supports for the ends of the reel and stiifens4 and lreinforces the entire shaft. Thel enlargementV 16jmay be secured rigidly tothe shaft 10 by any suitable means. When the device is used in connection kwith the'comlnon wooden'reels for A barbwire, the holes provided at the ends of the spool are slightly larger than the diameter of the enlargement supports, and hence the shaft 10 and parts associated with the left hand end thereof may be slipped freely through the reel, bringing a shoulder 17 snugly against the right hand end of the reel. Said shoulder is secured to or constitutes a part of the enlargement 16 and hence always turns with the shaft 10. The opposite end of the enlargement 16 is .threaded as 16 for the'accommodation of a Wire on the reel. rThe purpose of this guard is to prevent injury to either of' the operators due to the tendency of the Wire to spring or ily from the spool during the rota` tion of the reel.

`With the device as thus far described, the operation may loe brieliy set orth as follows: The clamping dislr 18 being removed from the sleeve 1G, the end 15 of the reel shaft may be slipped freely through the spool until the shoulder 17 strikes against the end thereof. rlhen the dislr 18, which is adapted 'to slip freely over he end 15 and sleeve 111, is screwed up against the opposite end of the spool, clamping the spool to 'the enlargement 16 and shalt 10. The tivo sleeves 11 and 1d then being held by tivo operators or by other means in a stationary position, the Wire may be Wound upon the spool by the rotation ol" the cranlr l2, or if the Wire is to be unwound from the spool, such action may take place freely, allowing the shaft and crank to rotate Without obstruction.

Since barbv Wire reels are now being made of Wire of a form somewhat similar to that illustrated in which there are crossed loops 21 at each end of the reel, these spools are formed with large rectangular openings in the center and hence not adapted for the use of a reel ol any of the -forms commonly einployed in connection with wooden spools. ,l provide, therefore, a bearing block 22 for each end of the metal spool, each block having a central bearing hole 23 corresponding in position and size to the bearing hole in the usual Wooden spool. These holes 2B, therefore, receive the enlargement 16 in sub-- stantially the same Way as is described above. 1n order to prevent rotation of the l provide each block with a projection 22 which extends inwardly toward the center of the spool and substantially itting the rectangular space formed by the crossed loops 2l. While the bearing blocks may be made or any suitable material, when they are made of sheet metal as indicated, the centers of the blocks surrounding the holes 23 constitute seats for the shoulders `17 and 18.l

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent In a device of the character set forth, the combination of a spool having a rectangular central opening, a pair olf blocks at the ends ot the spool, each block having a projection litted into the rectangular end of the opening and having an axial hole therethrough, a shaft projecting through said axial holes, a shoulder secured to the shaft and fitted into one of said projections, a clamping disk screwed into place in the other of said block projections, and serving to clamp the spool to the shaft, means to rotate the shaft, and

stationary supporting means for the oppo-` sitev ends oil the shaft, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereotl I have signed my` Uopes of this patent may he obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

